Ingrid and Alp are no longer with the people of Asia. They have joined the affluent masses of North America. The day they left Sri Lanka, ...

All our reading material over the past year has come to us fortuitously. I hope these suggestions for literary pleasure will come into your ...

Though we can hardly count ourselves learned in the ways of Ceylon, I will be missing what I know best about this place, the beautiful view ...

Folks we did it. It is been months in the making and a global effort but finally Alp has an American visa to get married to Ingrid with. I...

Ayubowan friends~ It took us only thirty minutes to fly across the channel between India and Sri Lanka, allowing just enough time to swallow...

I have marvelled lately that all it took to get from the northernmost brushstroke of India, the Line of Control in Indian Kashmir, to nearly...

Greetings confreres~ We have been a long time without blogging but the sedentary life does render fewer tidbits to share. We have settled in...

Our most generous hosts in Delhi have seen us off but not without giving a wonderful birthday celebration for me. Since they came late the ...

For the last two weeks we have been staying with the wonderful Shin family. Our plan was to leave Delhi on Monday but as we pleasantly foun...

After our wickedly taxing trip over the mountains to Ladakh, we spent a week exploring Leh, the capitol of the province. It really felt like...